Municipal
Highlights
FPEIM Calls on Federal Government to Abandon New Approach to Census
FPEIM
has called upon the Government of Canada to continue to use the
mandatory long-form questionnaire for the Census. A copy of the
press release can be found here and the
letter to Minister Clement can be found here.
Federal government opens new dialogue with muncipalities on wastewater regulations
More information can be found in FCM's news release, here.
2010 FPEIM Annual Meeting
The
2010 FPEIM Annual Meeting was held at the Eastern Kings Sportsplex
in Souris on April 26, 2010. More information on the meeting can
be found here.
FPEIM
Expects Smooth Transition as Municipal Affairs Joins Department of
Finance
FPEIM
recently responded to the announcement that Municipal Affairs will be
joining the Department of Finance. The press release can be found
here.
Report of the Commission on Land and Local Governance Released
The report of the Commission on Land and Local Governance was released on January 7, 2010. The report can be found here.
FCM releases report "Act Locally - The Municipal Role in Fighting Climate Change"
A
new report has been released by the Federation of Canadian
Municipalities (FCM) that shows how the federal government can partner
with municipalties on cost-effective, community-based projects to
jump-start its national climate change strategy. The report can
be found here.
FCM Green Municipal Fund
The
FCM Green Municipal Fund recently released comprehensive research
reports on issues, trends, emerging technologies, and current and best
practices in four sectors of municipal activity. Energy, Planning, Transportation, and Water are the topics of these reports.
2009 Municipal Orientation Session
The
Department of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour and FPEIM
co-hosted a municipal orientation session on November 28, 2009, in
Kinkora for the municipal officials who were elected on November 2,
2009. We had several interesting presentations, which can be
found here.
Model Code of Conduct
Under
the Building Municipal Capacity project, FPEIM has developed a Model
Code of Conduct for Municipalities. This Code of Conduct can be
modified to suite the needs of your municipality. The Code of
Conduct can be found here in Microsoft Word format and here in WordPerfect format.
FPEIM presents to the Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development Rural Development Stratgey Consultation
Chairperson
Nancy Wallace, O'Leary, made a presentation on behalf of FPEIM to the
Rural Development Strategy Consultations. The presentation can be
found here.

FPEIM presents "Strong Local Government for All Islanders"
President
Bruce MacDougall, recently presented a copy of FPEIM's submission,
entitled "Strong Local Government for All Islanders", to the
Commissioner on Land and Local Governance, Ralph Thompson.
The submission can be found here.
The Commission on Land and Local Governance website can be found at www.gov.pe.ca/landandlocalgovernance/.